Two weeks of travel behind: returning back to Dallas from Finland

I am returning back home to Dallas, Texas after a very busy two weeks of travel and work with clients. The weather was very nice in all places during the travel and Helsinki showed a nice sunny side multiple days even if it is still below zero centigrades. I will have to return to Finland in April again, but I will worry about that later on. Now I am focused on getting home.

Bratislava - A city I like and a warning when reserving room from Orbitz or Expedia

I am waiting on my flight from Bratislava to Prague with a continued service to Helsinki on Czech Airlines. Two nights in Bratislava was very nice and I had a chance to meet with lots of interesting people at local Microsoft office and during some evening gettogether at a bowling alley. I will still be staying in Europe until next thursday, enough for me to be adjusted to the time zone and then get issues again when going back.

A word of warning... Every time I buy my hotel room from Expedia or Orbitz, hotels put me in a sub-standard room (or smoking one like this time) and they di not know hiw to handle the pre-payment. I am now convinced that I should not use these two to buy hotel rooms.

Bumpy ride from Prague to Bratislava, Slovakia

The plane ride was a bumpy one... snow storm and wind and a small propeller plane... Not one of the most pleseant experiences... However, I am in one piece and ready for bed in the hotel.

Helsinki-Prague-Bratislava

I have been here in Helsinki a few days... The weather has been murky and something I really do not miss. I am flying now via Prague to Bratislava for a couple of nights and then back to Helsinki. I really like Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. I am flying Czech Airlines today.... Done that before as well and they are very nice!

Back to Europe and it is raining again....

One night at home and now I am on my way to Europe (Finland via Frankfurt, Germany) and it is cold and wet in DFW in Dallas. I hope the weather in Finland is better as I will be spending two weeks in Europe with a visit to Bratislava, Slovakia to do a speech. The trees and nature in DFW is getting very spring-like so when I get back I am sure everything is blooming. Fortunately I was upgraded to business-class on the Boeing 777 flight.

Beautiful Seattle: time to leave again

Three days in Seattle area/Bellavue is over and I am very happy about the trip. Thew weather was around 32 to 45 Fahrenheit and like today, sun is shining. My flight back to Dallas is 4 hours and on Friday, I am going to fly to Europe for almost 2 weeks. The time differences are pretty hard on the body I have to say!

Seattle for a few days

This time I am leaving DFW very early in Sunday morning and this time it is going to be Seattle. I will be staying in Seattle (Redmond) until Wednesday and then fly back to Dallas for only one day as I have to fly to Europe (Finland) to work with clients over there. I checked the weather in Seattle and it is around 32 Fahrenheit, so pretty winterish weather. I guess similar to the weather in Finland. I was upgraded to business so I should have a good flight.

Back to Dallas from Atlanta in a full flight

It is time to get back home to Dallas. I did a speech at local Microsoft office for a good group of Microsoft partners and I enjoyed a lot talking to them. My stay in Dallas will not be long as I have to fly to Seattle on Sunday for three days and then only one day in Dallas as I have to fly to Europe for a couple of weeks. American Airlines is getting familiar to me and my 3 million miles is getting closer. The day in Atlanta has been awesome today... sunshine and warm...

Atlanta trip with interesting 2 days

I am on my way to Atlanta today, flying American Airlines from Dallas to Atlanta. I was upgraded from coach to business and have not yet received an annoyed remark from a frustrated flight attendant that seems to be a norm at American nowadays. Each flight, and believe me there are lots of them, somebody has shown their attitufe in one form or the other and showed that they hate their job. Sometimes I wonder this but I guess it comes with life. So far so good, nice sunrise and this weekend we will loose another hour due to change to summer time.